Kiama Knights

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Kiama Knights
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Club information
Full nameKiama Rugby League Football Club
Short nameThe Knights
ColoursPrimary:
  Red
  Black
Secondary:
  White
Founded1914;109 years ago (1914)
Current details
Ground(s)
ChairmanGreg Norris
CoachMarc Laird
CaptainKieran Poole
Competition Group 7 Rugby League
2019Premiers
Records
Premierships12 (1925, 1930, 1933, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1969, 1983, 1985, 2019)
Runners-up14 (1918, 1919, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1953, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1991, 2017, 2018)
Minor premierships 14 (1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1969, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991)

The Kiama Knights are an Australian rugby league football team based in Kiama, a coastal town of the Illawarra and South Coast regions. The club was formed in 1914 as one of the founding members of South Coast Rugby League, and continue to participate in this league's local competition.

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History

On 30 May 1914, Kiama kicked off the inaugural South Coast Rugby League competition with a 6–3 home win at Kiama Showground against nearest neighbour and soon to be biggest rivals, Gerringong. Gerringong, however, would go on to take out the premiership final with an 11–10 victory at the Kiama Showground, a match that would charge a sixpence to attend. [1] [2] Kiama won their first premiership in August 1925, defeating Kangaroo Valley in a final. [3] In 1930, Kiama merged with Bombo and they won the title that year. [4] As Bombo-Kiama, the club won the title again in 1933. [5] In 1940 the team would be only referred to by Kiama and this team won the first of four consecutive titles in 1945, an achievement which has not been surpassed in the league to this day. Kiama has won 12 Group 7 premierships overall, behind Gerringong (16) and equal with Berry and Albion Park (12).

Name and emblem

The Kiama Knights were not always known by this moniker. In 1918, when the competition reformed after World War I, the club was known as the Dinkums, before switching to Warriors the following year. In 1923 the club was known as the Starlights. [6] The Kiama Knights emblem is adopted from that of the Newcastle Knights.

Colours

The colours used by the Kiama side are red, black and white, following a similar strip to that of the NSWRL Sydney team, the North Sydney Bears.

Home ground

The Kiama Knights have played out of the Kiama Showground since their inception in 1914. At one stage this ground was called "Church Point", due to its geographical location. The showground has undergone a recent development to its grandstand and pavilion in 2009. [7]

Players

Current players

Kiama Knights 2011 Squad
  • Marc Laird (Halfback)
  • Matthew Gladman
  • Nathan Trindall (Wing)
  • Peter Rheinberger
  • Steve Gallen (Lock)
  • Tim Boniface (Fullback)
  • Todd Marion

Notable past players

Honours

Team

1925, 1930, 1933, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1969, 1983, 1985, 2019
1918, 1919, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1953, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1991, 2017, 2018
1919, 1921, 1923, 1929, 1936, 1950, 1951, 1982, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018
1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1969, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991
1945, 1946, 1982, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2016
2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
1948, 1949, 1950, 1985

Individual

Peter Gentle (1991), Andrew Jackson (1998), Daniel Gunning (2002 & 2006), Cameron Vazzoler (2018)
Peter French (1983), Graham Murtagh (1995), Mark Duncan (2004), Daniel Gunning (2006)
Graham Murtagh (1983), Mitch Rein (2008)
Tony Fitler (1984)
Peter Gentle (1983), Ian Howcroft (1986), Robert Baillie (1989), Jeremy Alger (2008)
Scott Morris (2001), John Elliott (2006)
Dean Antony (1992), Paul Ross (2003), James Gilmore (2009)
Joe Murphy (1982), Dean Smith (1985), John Watkins & Scott England (1988), Matt Duggan (1990), Samuel Burke (1999), Josh Elliott (2001), Mitch Rein (2005)

Source: [1]

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  2. ↑ "League Football". Illawarra Mercury . Wollongong: National Library of Australia. 2 October 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Football". The Nowra Leader . Nowra: National Library of Australia. 25 August 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Football". The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal . Kiama: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sporting". The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal . Kiama: National Library of Australia. 13 September 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Kiama Knights. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "New Pavillion becomes Kiama's First Town Hall". Kiamalocalhistory's Weblog. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011.
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